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July 25, 2014 8:47:41 AM

Hello.

A bit back when I was using my computer, it froze and crashed. When I booted back up,
all was well. But some time later when I was watching a video in full screen it showed multicolored
bars that covered and froze the screen. I was forced to restart. Ever since then I cannot watch videos in full screen. More recently I have been getting a BSOD when I play games for a extended amount of time .(about 50 mins) in all situations my comp never seemed very hot to me. Recently the computer has randomly gone to sleep mode that cannot be recovered from, and my computer has to be hard shut down. As of today my computer screen is moving, but I cannot boot up all the way before my computer resets itself. The screen has various graphical distortions depending on what screen that I am on (chkdisk, login,). When I did make it to the login the screen wildly glitched and showed a message that said "Windows Explorer is not responding" and my computer force reset. But not before showing a BSOD that went away before I could read all the way but summed up with "Failed To Load Video Scheduler"

here are my specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHZ
VIDEO: Raedon X 1950 Pro
RAM: 2 GB



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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July 25, 2014 8:51:03 AM

Sounds like a failing graphics card. Take it out and check if you can see any leaky or swollen capacitors on it.
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July 25, 2014 8:56:12 AM

I agree with LucoTF, pull it out & have a look at your video card. Though sometimes hardware failures aren't visible, it's still worth checking.

I've also seen RAM cause these issues too - it's worth reseating your RAM also, as it's a quick and easy task.

Perhaps you could try a video driver update as well?
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July 25, 2014 8:58:27 AM

I had the same problem a long time ago (9 years) with my 9800pro 256mb graphics card. Basically, a defective graphics card will cause artifacts and crashing when overheating. I replaced the graphics card and everything was resolved, no more artifacts, no more crashing. It could also be a defective RAM stick.
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July 25, 2014 9:11:59 AM

I got the card out, I see nothing obvious, where should I look?

TJD: I tried to update the driver about a day before the major graphic meltdown took place this morning, but it had some errors with the install and by the codes I got from the errors I assumed they were already up to date.
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July 25, 2014 9:20:31 AM

I found some areas that have a dried liquid that looks kind of like blue marker on them. But I don't think its marker.

Is that what I am looking for?
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July 25, 2014 10:35:22 AM

gosoh said:
I found some areas that have a dried liquid that looks kind of like blue marker on them. But I don't think its marker.

Is that what I am looking for?


Sometimes the capacitors show visible signs of damage - the top swells or leaks:

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/Magavolt/2009-12-20_2...

But damage isnt always so obvious
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July 25, 2014 10:52:26 AM

I re hooked my gpu and now my computer just says its on sleep mode, and I cant wake it.
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July 30, 2014 1:03:44 PM

Okay. Sorry I was gone for so long. Never binge watch twilight zone episodes. Anyway I have the computer working except for random freezes and I cannot play games in 3d. I am shopping for a new graphics card and have decided on either the Sapphire Raedon X1950 Pro 512 MB or the Nvida 8800 GT or possibly the Nvida 9500 GS. Wich one do you think is the best deal?
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